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A.-KOMP. HAT FRAME.

N0 48,412. Patented June 27 1865.

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I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIeE.

ALBERT KOMP, OF NEW Y.ORK,'N. Y'.

IMPROVEMENT m HAT-.FRAMES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 48,412, dated June 27, 1865'.

of the same. Fig. 3 is a detached sectional view of a portion of the center clasp detached, in a larger scale than the previous figures. I Similar letters or reference indicate like parts. I

This invention consists of a hat-frame composed of a series of arched stays, rising from a ring made of covered metal wire in such a man'- ner that a light,'cheap, and durable article is produced, which, when properly covered, produces a hatof superior beauty. The arched stays are fastened at their lower ends to the rings by means otj.,suitable 'clusps, and their upper ends are secured "in a central clasp or spider made ot'twolayezs of thin sheet-brass, fastened together by an eye in the center and provided with a number otarms equal to the number of stays. -.Th e armsof the inner plate are equal in width to the stays; but the arms of the outer plate-are wide enough 'to, allow of binding them down over the stays and. arms of the lower plate in such a manner that the ends of said stays are firmly clasped between the inner and outer arms, and the outer arms are'strengthened by these ht" the innerplate.

The eye in. .the' center of th'espider serves to fasten the covering and a button or other ornament to the top of the hat.

A represents a ring made of covered metal wire, having its ends fastened together by meansof a suitable clasp, a,as shown in Fig.=

l of the drawings, The diameter of this ring depends upon the size of. the hat for which the frame is intended, and from said ring risej six (more or less)'arch'ed stays, B,a-s clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Thelower endsot these stays are secured to theering A bysuitable clasps, b,

which may be constructed of T-shaped' pieces of sheet metal, so that one shank of the same can be attached-tothe ring, while the other shank takesin the end of the stay; or said clasps may be constructed in any other desirable manner. a The upper ends of the stays are secured in a central clasp or spider, O, which is constructed of two plates c c, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. These two plates are secured together in the center bytan eyelet, d, and each;

' plate is provided with a number of arms, 6 6,

equal in number to thenumber of stays. 'The arms 0 of the inner plate are equal in width to the stays, and are placed on theirinner sides but the arms e of the outer plate are ofjsuch a width that their edges, can be bent 'down'and made to 'clasp the stays and the arms of the lower plate, as shown particularly in Fig.3. By these means the arms ofv the npperplate. are strengthened,so that thesuine' can be made 1 of thin sheet metal and still are mot liable to get out'of shape, and the upper ends of the" stays are held-in-the proper shape and can be secured without diflicultyr. By the eyelet in the center the operation of attaching the cov- Y 'ering is facilitated, and an opportunity is given to attache button or other ornament on the; itopiof the hat. y

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secure'byLetteirs Patent Ahat-irame composed of a seriesbf arched stays, B, radiating from a. cpmmon. center and.

fastened to a ring, A, substantially as setforth ALBERT KOMP. Witnesses:

. M. M. LIVINGSTON,

G. L. TOPLIEF. 

